A federal judge on Thursday struck down a policy that was adopted early in US President Donald Trump’s administration that required the US Department of Education to terminate millions of dollars in grants funding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.…
US judge strikes down Education Department’s anti-DEI grant policy
US District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston ruled, opens new tab in favo…
The judge said the policy provided no discernible criteria for what p…
The Minneapolis school district this week revealed a proposal to address its longstanding budget issues by consolidating programs, redrawing attendance boundaries and moving thousands of students to different schools.…
Minneapolis Public Schools proposes closing schools amid budget challenges
As many as 16 buildings could lose their current academic programming …
District officials said the buildings could potentially be used for ot…
The Boulder Valley School District settled a federal civil rights complaint this week with the Anti-Defamation League and the family of a Jewish Southern Hills Middle School student over antisemitic harassment and bullying allegations.…
Boulder school district settles civil rights complaint over antisemitic harassment
“The details of the abuse inflicted on the middle schooler here in BVS…
“I have not only offered my sincerest apologies for what this student …
We’ve written about how A.I.threatens jobs.About how it’s fomenting a political backlash.And, most recently, about how some in Silicon Valley now put the risk of a “total A.…
Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills?
Springfield, Massachusetts, city leaders said Tuesday afternoon they are still working on resolving a major cyber incident that shut down school Tuesday, Wednesday and possibly longer.…
Schools remain closed as Springfield works to resolve cyber attack
At a press conference, Mayor Dominic Sarno said the attack was classif…
” He would not explain exactly what happened because he said the inves…
After state school board member Emily Green explained why Utah needs to spend $60,000 looking into how schools buy books, she got a blunt response: “I hear you saying you think that vendors are intentionally selling pornographic materials to schools,“ board member Carol Lear said.…
Are book vendors intentionally selling pornographic content to public schools? Utah is spending $60K to find out.
“Is that what you’re saying?
” Moments earlier, Green had argued that “pornographic novels” are “ma…
When Alabaster City Schools began piloting Telo AI, the district wanted to explore a question many school leaders are now asking: How can artificial intelligence be introduced responsibly into classrooms in a way that supports teachers and creates meaningful learning opportunities for students?…
Alabaster Scales Responsible AI for English Learners
After seeing Telo used with English learners, the Alabama district dec…
More than a dozen Texas public school districts are at risk of triggering a potential state takeover if they do not improve student academic performance before the next year’s A-F accountability ratings, data shows.…
More than a dozen Texas school districts close to triggering state takeover law in 2027
At least 14 districts had at least one campus with a fourth consecutiv…
That includes the Clarksville, Cleveland, Coldspring-Oakhurst, Elgin, …
A back-to-school welcome message intended to spark “radical joy” among Portland Public School teachers, staff and students is instead drawing complaints from opposite ends of the political aisle.…
With its back-to-school video, Portland Public Schools touches a nerve for both liberals and conservatives
The video message, which was posted to the school district’s Facebook …
Jeff Merkley to Portland Timbers goalkeeper James Pantemis, wishing st…
This past school year, five New Hampshire school districts were offered three years of online behavioral health counseling for their students, paid for by local nonprofit Safe Schools New Hampshire.…
A nonprofit offered 5 NH school districts free counseling. Saying yes was ‘a no-brainer.’
Their students had to help roll the program out to their peers.
It’s not surprising that 17-year-old Kylee Plummer was put in charge o…
At least 70% of Texas kids awarded school vouchers were previously enrolled in private schools or were homeschooled, per data obtained by Axios through a request under the Texas Public Information Act.…
Most Texas voucher recipients were already enrolled in private school
Why it matters: The data undercuts a major argument for the vouchers—t…
By the numbers: The comptroller’s office is seeking $2.